July 24, 1991
Dear Everyone:
“Jeannie” would like to go on record as saying:
“I am not an airhead who does
nothing but shop!“ And offers in
evidence the fact that she has just taken up scuba diving.
At her health club.
It seems that my last two letters involved shopping
and “Jeannie” is afraid that people might get the impression that this
is all she does. Not true.
At present, she is terribly
caught up in a terribly important case, involving dozens of lawyers all
of whom (this is the terribly important part) need to order their own
copies of the transcripts, which runs to big bucks.
She will definitely be burning the midnight oil
right up until we leave Friday morning. I
expect her to sleep at least as far as Redding.
As for me, this being my last day in the office
before I go on vacation, my “Things To Do” list has overflowed into my
”People To Call” list and is running perilously close to the bottom of
the page. Fortunately, I hardly
ever use my “People To Call” list. This
is not because I don't call anyone. I
spend an average of 40 min. per day on the phone, mostly answering
questions. There are a
frightening number of memos out there that have as a last line:
“If you have any questions,
please call “A” at CTN 555-3710.” Even
if their questions have nothing to do with the memo, once they get your
number, well…they've got your number.
Instead of the pitiful little “People To Call” list
in my yuppie book, I use a phone log. It
allows me to record who called me, when, why and what I did about it.
I started it last March and it's
been very useful a number of times. And,
instead of dozens of little Post-Its stuck all over the walls, I have a
nice, big binder that can't get lost so easily on my desk.
With all that I'm trying to get cleared up before
my vacation (honestly, you'd think I was going on a six-month safari
instead of 6 days out of the office), naturally, “Alma” scheduled me for
an Initial Meeting with a new Active Files group.
I can now count as my Active
Files clients:
1. Company
Chemicals Company--Agricultural Chemicals Division.
2. Company
Corp.--Employment, Policies and Administration, “Cognitive Resources
Support”.
3. Company
Corp.-- “Heartiness, Ecology & Theft Avoidance”, “Theft Avoidance”.
4. Company
Corp.—“Public Manipulation”, Communication.
5. Company
USA Inc.--Western “Privateering” Business Unit, Pt Arguello Area,
Gaviota Gas Plant.
And that's just Active Files.
When it comes to destroying
records or paying for storage in the warehouses, The World has come to
me. Just this morning, I talked
with a guy in El Paso, Texas, who doesn't want to pay $1.14 per month
for three boxes in the Livermore Records Center.
It's not really the $1.14 that
bothers him; he's just certain there can't be anything in Livermore
California, that's of any importance to him.
So, I'll try to get a Destruction Review Report,
for a grand total of three boxes out to him this afternoon.
It's on my “Things To Do” list.
Once I get to the bottom of the
list… The World can wait until I get back from Oregon.
Love, as always,
Pete
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